Training of Noh Actors and The Dove

David Griffiths is a playwright, teacher, theatre director, and book illustrator. He is particularly interested in the training of young performers and has conducted many mask workshops in schools, community centres, colleges, universities and theatre companies in Britain. He has worked with mask in Russia and studied the use of mask in Noh theatre in Japan. His plays have been broadcast by the BBC and have toured the UK and Ireland.

• Introduction to the Series Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction Chapter One A Brief History of Noh Kan’ami and Zeami to the Present Day The Origins of the Noh Stage The Noh Stage and its Occupants The Constituent Part of a Noh Play The Kyogen The Noh Mask: Design and Use Costume Chapter Two: The Training of the Noh Actor Chapter Three: An Evaluation of the Treatises of Zeami Introductory notes to The Dove The Dove Index